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Acting

Ben Daniels

Career: Active from 1994 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 16
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Beautiful Thing
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ben Daniels Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
0.8, average 2.0
Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 5
Dialogue-Driven 4
Political Intrigue 3
Literary Adaptation 3
Period Piece 3
Coming-of-Age 2
Moral Conflict 2
Psychological Tension 2
European History 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Character-Driven Drama 2
Espionage 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

68

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

8 titles · average score 67

National Theatre at Home: Man and Boy

as Gregor Antonescu

Argylle

43

as Bartender

Interview with the Vampire

83

TV show · as Santiago

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

65

TV show · as Círdan

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

72

as Antoc Merrick (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jupiter's Legacy

55

TV show · as Walter Sampson / Brainwave

Foundation

74

TV show · as Bel Riose

Benediction

76

as Dr. Rivers

2010s

18 titles · average score 70

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

74

as Pontius Pilate

The Exception

66

as Col Sigurd von Ilsemann

The Exorcist

77

TV show · as Father Marcus Brennan

The Crown

82

TV show · as Lord Snowdon

Casanova

64

TV show · as Francois-Joachim de Bernis

Casanova

75

as Francois-Joachim de Bernis

Flesh and Bone

63

TV show · as Paul

Locke

79

as Gareth (voice)

Jamaica Inn

64

TV show · as Francis Davey

Luna

56

as Grant

House of Cards

77

TV show · as Adam Galloway

Women in Love

61

TV show · as Will Brangwen

2000s

20 titles · average score 67

Law & Order: UK

77

TV show · as James Steel

The Passion

60

TV show · as Caiaphas

Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?

as Saki

The State Within

59

TV show · as Nicholas Brocklehurst

Doom

35

as Goat

Real Men

as DI Matthew Fenton

Fogbound

69

as Leo

Cutting It

71

TV show · as Finn Bevan

TV show

Conspiracy

74

as Josef Bühler

Married/Unmarried

as Danny

Britannic

54

as Townsend

1990s

15 titles · average score 68

Fanny & Elvis

63

as Andrew

Madeline

61

as Leopold the Tutor

I Want You

63

as Bob

Passion in the Desert

67

as Augustin Robert

David

71

as Jonatan

Beautiful Thing

86

as Tony

Silent Witness

75

TV show

59

as Ben

Romeo and Juliet

as Mercutio

A Touch of Frost

51

TV show · as Roger Massie

Soldier Soldier

68

TV show · as Capt Andy Wright

Drop the Dead Donkey

75

TV show · as Jack

1980s

7 titles · average score 71

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Irish Priest (voice)

The Paradise Club

TV show · as DC Webster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

TV show · as Hans Castorp

Wall of Tyranny

as Striemer

The Fourth Protocol

64

as Boy in Photo (uncredited)

Wish You Were Here

77

as Maisie Mathews

Casualty

62

TV show · as Graham Marda